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Pediatric Oncologist
A pediatric oncologist treats cancer in children.
If you are interested in working as a pediatric oncologist, or any kind of physician, you should major in biology in college. If your college has a pre-med major, you should choose that major.
you need to be smart and take the right courses in high school and in college
To become a pediatric oncologist it will take about 16 years 4 for pre-med 4 for med school 2 for oncology specialization 1 for pediatric specializaton and about 5 for residency
A pediatric oncologist.
pediatric oncologist
A doctor who specializes in the study or treatment of cancer is called an Oncologist.
experienced oncologist earn 15-20000 USD -/pm, avg earn 10-17k USD-/pm
2 yrs general pediatric, 2 yrs pedi neurology, 2-3 yrs pedi neuro-oncology fellowship. it estimates a total of 6-7 yrs to become a pedi-neuro-oncologist. There are about a total of 60 -70 (or less) pedi neuro-oncologists in the world.
A doctor who specializes in the treatement of cancer is called an oncologist. Oncologists may specialize in administering a particular form of treatement, such as a radiation oncologist, or they may specialize in treating a specific part of the body, such as a prostate oncologist. They may also specialize in treating a certain group of patients such as a pediatric oncologist.
You certainly need an education/degree seeing how an oncologist is a doctor.